Daily Republican., 1887-12-09
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Tho Issue win Dc tqusreiy Met "A |
| Powerful Arraignmspt OF tho Pref. |
dents Policy.
| PARIS. Dec. AFTER reading an ab
straot OF the the President's nassaate. I
laid before ell Europe this morpips1 /
saw Mr.. Blaine and asked him III be
| would be willing 10 give his Views uppn
the recon- men dalton Of the Presits =,
/, 70 the form VI 3 letter OF intslylev Hsl
preieftcd an interview, 70 i would
agree to send him an Intelligent shdrt-
hand reporter, with such questions as
should give fro So1po for an ekpress on
OF his views. The following lucid and
powerful statement Is the result. Mr.
Blaine began by saying TO the ieporEtr:
| VI have been reading an abstTac oil
tue Presidents message aud have been
especially interested in the CONNIE nte
CT the London papers. Those pspers
all assume TO declare tins met-
taRe Is "a free trade manifesto aEd ev.-
dept'y arc anticipating an ENLARGED
ma1Aet for English fabrics in the
United StNteo AS consequence OF the
Presldeni's recon- mt ndntion. Perhhps
that fact Stamped he character of the
message more clearly than any words
| OF mtDecau
"You don't mean actual free IT ale
without duty? ?" gueried the reporter
MOI replied Mr.. Blaine. Nor do
the London papers mean that. They
simply mean that tha Pr-sidsrt has
recommended Whist in the Unltsd
States IL known as revenue tariff, re-
1 ,ant In M d. ,h
ject and no. even permitting protection
to result freely as an incident to rev6.
nue. duties
II don't know that | quite com prs
beud that last DOiut, )" ssid the reDotGer.
81 mean" said Gr. Blaine. ",hst toI
the fist lime in the history OF ths
United States the President recon
mepds retaining the internal tax iii or
der that the tariff may be forosd down
oven below the fair revenue standard
, He recommends that the tax on tonacc,
ee retained, aud thus thst many mil
, lions annually shall be levied on B do
niestic prcducs which would far bet
ter come from tauff on foreign TAB
: | rics."
, THE TOBACCO TAX SHOULD BE he
PEALED AT ONCE.
: "Then do you mesn 10 Imply TIM
Won woul' favor tie repeal OF ihs to
bacco tax?"
"Ue,tairly;I mean just that" sai
Mr.. BlAir~. AZ should urge that II b
doue at once, even before the Ohriftms
holidays. Il would IN the iret plsc
bring great relief to growers OF Tobacco
all over the couDtiy and would, MOI
r over, m atsrially les sen the prise of th
article 10 consumers. Tobacco to mi
lions OF meI Is q Decessity. The Pres
5ent calls IL n luxury, bnt II isa NJ
ury In no other seDse than tea and co
Zee are luxuriss. II ia well to femen
ber tha. tho luxary OF yesterday b
comes necessity Of to day. Watch,
YOU % sass, the pumber Of men al wol
on the farm, IN the coal mine, alons Il
Railroad, IN the iron foundry Or in ~
callirg, and you vii fud 95 IN II
chewing while they york. After 6ac
meal the same proportion seek The 9
lace CT a pipa or cigar These m
rot only pay he uilions Of The tdhact
ts1 but ply on every Plug and on eVel
gar al enhanced p-ics which be "a
enables The msnufbcturer and retail
10 Impose. Tho only excuse for tuch
tax is tho actual eoeSsi'y under Whit
'pe 2overoment found itself lori ng Il
= war, and tLa yesrs Immediately follo'
ing. To etlin the TAX now in order
iestroJ the protection which wnnid
cileAtally flow from raising tho ear
amount Of money on foreign lmpor's
certainly q u.cst extraordinary poll
. for our government
= THE wHisKEY TAN SHOULD NE
TANNED.
"We,l, then, Mr. Bisins, won ID
=, advise tao repeal OF tina whiskty I
alsa?"
nNo, ! woula rot. Other cor nside
;io1st tlAu tnt tse Of financial admin
tra,iod are 20 ea taeen into accou
with regard TO whiak-y. Tbere Is
n.orsl tide to 1t To chespen the price
whisfey ie to increase its cjpsun ptl
enorrogusly. There would he no seI
vs. ,n nrging the reform wrought Ny hi
Iicsnse IN many Ststss II the Nstioi
Goyernmen. nsntralz-s the good ell
by making whisEey within renoh
ever1 Que ut twenty cents "A gall
G Whiskey wou,G be sycry ~htts distil
y, II the surveillance VI the Royernn
nk we're withdrawn by lhe remission
Ds, the TAX and Illicit sales could not III
bs preyeated even by d policy as rig
is, ons Ar searching ga tAGg with VIII
Ra,eia pursues lha Nib!llrts IL wo
asstIoy high lioeule at once in all
"a. | States
a wHIsKEY SHOULD PAY foE Coz
- DEFENCES.
aWhiskey has doEo vast deal
hahn in the United Statts. wo
Try to mske 10 d. sCmo good. ! VIC
: ,se the tax to fortify cur cities on
see board. In visg OF 'he poVdrIul
Tar addressed to the DemOoratc C pa
on the subitci of iGEuhcatient by
Iate Mr.. samuel j Iiian, ln l8s
ata amazed thai 30 attention las
Z n,.ld 70 tua suhjsct by tEs Dsnocr
- ADM. .ul,tyst,nn. Never iefoIe in
h,siorv OF thu world na6 any gov
m,nC alioye.i great cities on rhe
o. aorrd, nka Phi sGe'1hia, New IL
R,.ton. Baltimore, New Orleans
Han Franc SEQ TO remain dsfepcele
IN TIME or PEACE PsEPARE OR
Y "6ut," s4ii ths repo Ter, y you q
think we arc 10 havs NaT In any VI
tion?" ,, ,u ri.
"Neithcr, / presume, did MY. IN
when ne wrote his remarkauie lo
1 Eu. we should change Z remote cns
iEto an absolute !mpossibiiity. IL
- weak and exposed points were stroi
fortified; il 20 day we had oy
ohancs evan tnch 8 war as we had '
Mexico, our enemy could procure
ny clsds In Europe that would menace
~ great cities with destruction OF iay u
under contribution.
"But would not our foFtiiylnR
&c possibly lcok rs il We expected Wai
tor,,Tcat,ons made seventy Or eie
years ago by our Rrandfathers !"
G, Inv Guarded themselves against
" as.,n1 a,,ank from the armament
potSan Wa don't necessarily ex